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Opening files with Portable Firefox

Submitted by alk on December 12, 2005 - 2:37am

First of all thank you very much for this great application.
Now I use PortableFirefox from HDD as standard windows application and it's pretty nice way to keep everything what I need in one easy-to-copy directory.
The only thing which I couldn't realize is how can I open some html or even mht (I installed the appropriate extension) file with PFF doing this with right-click mouse menu and Open with... option. The default browser is still Internet Explorer. Is it possible to have some command line parameters including filename upon PortableFirefox.exe startup?

Minimize data written to USB Stick when Firefox is closed ?

Submitted by cm64 on December 11, 2005 - 8:24pm

I am running PortableFirefox1.5 on a fairly old USB Memorystick. It works like a dream but when I shut down Firefox it can take up to 45 sec for all write activity to stop. Is there any way of reducing the writes required after Firefox is shutdown ? It becomes a bit of a nuisance when playing around with extensions/themes & having to stop & restart Firefox very often.

Port Firefox on University Computers

Submitted by ASKRRA on December 11, 2005 - 8:38am

I have tried running Port. Firefox of both my Server Memory and from my USB Drive, and for some reason on the University Network my extensions are not thier, while if I use the Port. Firefox from the USB drive on anouther compter (Before and after) they are thier and work fine.
What can I do to avoid this, esp. since 90% of my computer time is on these computers?
Thank You
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multiple proxies

Submitted by znaya on December 10, 2005 - 6:23am

Hello.

I use PFF in several places and extensions like "SwitchProxy" and "Yahoo! Mail Notifier" are really helpful.

I tried PFF 1.5 but i'm experiencing some problems with proxy handling.
"SwitchProxy" button acts a bit weird... there are no proxy names on it and there is a proxy password form constantly poping up! Sometimes it pops up 6 and 7 times while a webpage is loading and everytime "Yahoo! Mail Notifier" checks for new mail! First i thought it could be a problem of "SwitchProxy", maybe a compatibility problem between "SwitchProxy" and PFF 1.5. I disabled "SwitchProxy" and installed "xyzproxy". The problem persists. The proxy password hasn't changed recently and is correct.

Speeding Up Portable Firefox

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Submitted by Rob Loach on December 10, 2005 - 2:36am

Anyone have any tips to speed up Portable Firefox?

I've found 1.5 to be significantly faster (interface-wise as well as internet browsing speed), but does anyone have any notes? I was considering upping the cache, but that might actually make things slowing because you'd be adding all that cache data to the portable drive.

Should Portable FF1.5 manage passwords?

Submitted by nanobreaker on December 10, 2005 - 2:24am

Is it okay to use the password manager inside portablefirefox when running it from a usb flash drive? I saw this under the copying local files section of this website:

"When you start Portable Firefox for the first time, be sure to turn off disk cache, password saving and history if you're using a non-hard drive portable device."

I also run an external password manager (KeePass).
Any help would be useful. Thanks.

Previous Versions

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on December 10, 2005 - 1:42am

Is there a way I could download a previous version of portable firefox? 1.5 doesn't currently work with my extensions and I'd like try some other versions. This is a constant problem w/firefox.
Thanks.

Great prog though. I'm about to move and am already dependant on it.

Thanks.

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